How to reset the Nexus 5 for better performance

Everyone loves a new phone, even more when it's a new Nexus 5. The experience is buttery-smooth, battery life seems good and it’s yet to be affected by poorly-written software updates, like Android 4.4.3. Oh, and it doesn’t smell like stale beer (but maybe that’s just me). Over time, performance can deteriorate a little and make you start hankering for that shiny new device on the horizon. What if there was a way to make your Nexus 5 new once more? To put you back in the ‘honeymoon period’ with that sexy fusion of plastic and glass? Well, dear AndroidPIT reader...there is. And it’s reasonably simple too. This is how you hard reset your Nexus 5.